What guitars did you use?
I think I had about five or six, all with the same pickups, same string gauge, same action, and every single one sounds and plays completely different.
That's the same with all guitars - even from the same batch
Gibson's use of the Plek machine will help with some setup consistency, but nothing will stop pieces of wood bolted or glued together working together differently from other pieces of wood glued or bolted.
I have often seen a cheap brand where the wood of that particular guitar was just great sounding - and it sounded better than a more expensive factory built guitar, and had to convince the player that they should value THAT guitar a bit more and not just be lusting after one with an expensive label on the headstock.
All too often the player who sold their
fantastic Squier strat in order to afford a "PROPER" American Fender strat has come back to me upset that the new expensive one lacks something that their cheaper one had.
Other times they got lucky and got a great sounding strat that time too
